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Thomas Oliver Beebee started the topic CFP for ACL(x) '16: Extra-Disciplinarity Due date 30 June in the discussion
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 9 years, 8 months agoWhat if disciplines were organized differently — or didn’t exist at all? Or existed, but none of us “belonged” to one? What if literary scholars were to go about interdisciplinary work the way scientists do, building large teams from distinct disciplines to produce work with many co-authors? How do other disciplines reach their audiences? What…[Read more]
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Cristina León Alfar uploaded the file: Call for proposals, for a new series from Medieval Institute Publications to
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 9 years, 8 months agoLate Tudor and Stuart Drama:
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Kendra Leonard deposited Shakespeare, Madness, and Music: Scoring Insanity in Cinematic Adaptations in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 9 years, 8 months agoShakespeare’s three political tragedies―Hamlet, Macbeth, and King Lear―have numerously been presented or adapted on film. These three plays all involve the recurring trope of madness, which, as constructed by Shakespeare, provided a wider canvas on which to detail those materials that could not be otherwise expressed: sexual desire and exp…[Read more]
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Benjamin Fraser started the topic Call for Assistant Editors: Journal of Urban Cultural Studies in the discussion
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 9 years, 9 months agoCALL FOR
ASSISTANT EDITORS (2017 & 2018)APPLICATION DEADLINE IS 20 NOVEMBER 2016
The Journal of Urban Cultural Studies is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal exploring the cultures of cities and blending humanities and social science approaches to the urban phenomenon. The journal publishes research articles (subject to peer review) of…[Read more]
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Annabel Kim deposited Marie Darrieussecq’s Clèves: A Wittigian Rewriting of Adolescence in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 9 years, 9 months agoMarie Darrieussecq’s Clèves (2011) shocked readers with the vulgarity of its language and spurred controversy over its status as a literary text. In this article, I show how the novel’s “bad” language is a foil for Darrieussecq’s larger project of rewriting the adolescent female body, removing it from the sexualized and objectified optic through…[Read more]
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Chandrima Chakraborty started the topic History, Memory, Grief: A 30th Air India Anniversary Conference, McMaster U in the discussion
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 9 years, 9 months agoHistory, Memory, Grief: A 30th Air India Anniversary Conference
Department of English & Cultural StudiesMay 6-7, 2016
McMaster Innovation Park
<div class=”entry-content”>On June 23, 1985 a bomb detonated on Air India Flight 182 en route from Toronto to New Delhi via Montreal. The mid-air explosion killed all 329 passengers and crew, the…[Read more]
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Gregory F. Tague posted an update in the group
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 9 years, 9 months agoYou might be interested in my recent book, *Art and Adaptation*, which presents a comprehensive survey and discussion of the dominant ideas by leading thinkers on why we make art. Approaches that examine the evolution of art behavior embrace natural selection, sexual selection, social selection, and cognition. Plenty of more information at my…[Read more]
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Daniela Goldfine started the topic CFP Gender and Sexuality in Jewish Latin American Cultural Production in the discussion
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 10 months agoCall for Proposals
Gender and Sexuality in Jewish Latin American Cultural Production
The editors of a volume titled “Gender and Sexuality in Jewish Latin American Cultural Production” invite proposals from potential contributors. The volume is planned for publication with Lexington Books as part of their Latin American Gender and Sexu…[Read more] -
Carrie Johnston started the topic CFP: Gender and the Cultural Preoccupations of the American West in the discussion
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 10 months ago(Apologies for cross-posting)
CFP – Studies in the NovelSpecial Issue: “Gender and the Cultural Preoccupations of the American West”
Deadline for submissions: 9/1/2016
Studies in the Novel is currently seeking submissions for a special issue on “Gender and the Cultural Preoccupations of the American West,” guest edited by Sigrid Anderson Cord…[Read more] -
Suha Kudsieh started the topic CFP for MLA 2017 in Philadelphia: Arabic in Europe (dealine: March 20, 2016) in the discussion
Comparative Studies in Medieval Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 10 months agoFrom: Samer Ali <samerali@umich.edu>
Date: Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 3:34 PM
Subject: CFP for MLA 2017 in Philadelphia: Arabic in EuropeCall for Papers — Please Distribute Widely
MLA Annual Convention 2017, Philadelphia, PA
https://www.mla.org/Convention/MLA-2017
Arabic in Europe: Medieval Connectivity and “Contamination”
Problem/Significance:…[Read more]
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Michelle R. Warren deposited Ar-ar-archive in the group
LLC Medieval French on MLA Commons 9 years, 10 months agoA reflection on the state of the archive in the state of post-theory.
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Michelle R. Warren deposited Ar-ar-archive in the group
CLCS Medieval on MLA Commons 9 years, 10 months agoA reflection on the state of the archive in the state of post-theory.
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Roy Pérez started the topic CFP for MLA: Pre-Stonewall/Post-Modern in the discussion
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoMLA 2017 Session Sponsored by the GLQ Caucus:
Pre-Stonewall/Post-Modern
Given recent debates on the nature and centrality of the Stonewall rebellion of 1969, we seek papers that examine cultural production that reaches forward or backward across this historic flashpoint for conjuring queer aesthetic and political imaginaries, from modernist…[Read more]
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Nancy Caronia started the topic MLA Sessions through Italian American LLC in the discussion
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months ago<h2 class=”title”>The Streets of Philadelphia: From Rocky to Creed
The MLA Italian American Forum seeks paper proposals for a possible session at the MLA Annual Convention in Philadelphia, PA January 5-8, 2017. Taking a cue from the presidential conference theme “Boundary Conditions,” this panel seeks submissions that explore the boundaries of rac…[Read more] -
Marina Fedosik started the topic CFP: Adoption and Culture: Sixth Biennial Conference of ASAC in the discussion
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoCall for Proposals: Sixth Biennial Conference for the Alliance for the Study of Adoption and Culture ASAC 2016: Building Communities, Changing Discourses Crowne Plaza
Minneapolis Northstar Downtown Hotel, 27-29 October 2016
Proposal deadline 15 March 2016
Keynote speakers: Lorraine Dusky, Margaret Jacobs, and Deann Borshay Liem, introducing her…[Read more]
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Molly A. Martin started the topic Teaching Arthur in the discussion
Arthurian Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoHello, All!
I would love to see this forum become a community of scholars and teachers. If you have any wonderful or terrible–or somewhere in between but could be wonderful with just a little bit of help–experiences in Arthurian literature classes, share them here.
Last semester, I turned my final exam in to a final Arthurian experience.…[Read more]
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Molly A. Martin deposited First Year Seminar: Arthurian Legends in the group
CLCS Arthurian on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoThis is a syllabus for my fall 2015 First Year Seminar on the Arthurian legend and its literature.
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Molly A. Martin replied to the topic Introductions in the discussion
Arthurian Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoWelcome to the Commons, Alex!
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Alex Mueller replied to the topic Introductions in the discussion
Arthurian Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoHi, everyone! And thanks, Molly, for getting this forum conversation going.
I’m Alex Mueller, former committee member for this group and Review Editor for Arthuriana. I am Associate Professor of English at University of Massachusetts Boston, specializing in medieval literature and digital pedagogy. In addition to all things Arthurian, my i…[Read more]
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Molly A. Martin replied to the topic Introductions in the discussion
Arthurian Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoWelcome, Elizabeth! I am intrigued by these virtual Arthurian environments. Is this something that you would/could use in the classroom?
Molly
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